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    loathing
    /ˈləʊðɪŋ/

    noun

    • 1. a feeling of intense dislike or disgust; hatred: "the thought filled him with loathing"

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  2. a strong feeling of hating someone or something: The thought of him touching her filled her with deep loathing. He approached his enemy with fear and loathing. Synonyms. abhorrence formal. detestation formal. hate. hatred. odium formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feelings of dislike and hatred. abhorrence. abomination. anathema.

  3. noun. loath· ing ˈlō-t͟hiŋ. Synonyms of loathing. : extreme disgust : detestation. She regarded his hypocrisy with loathing. Synonyms. aversion. disgust. distaste. horror. nausea. repugnance. repulsion. revulsion. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of loathing in a Sentence. She expressed her intense loathing of his hypocrisy.

  4. Loathing definition: strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.. See examples of LOATHING used in a sentence.

  5. Loathing is a feeling of complete disgust. Your loathing of the feeling of sand between your toes means that going to the beach isn't much fun for you. If you have an utterly disgusted hatred of something, you have a loathing for it.

  6. Loathing is a feeling of great dislike and disgust. Deacon made no secret of his loathing of Bayldon. She looked at him with loathing. Synonyms: hatred, hate, horror, disgust More Synonyms of loathing. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. British English pronunciation.

  7. Intense dislike, disgust, or hatred; abhorrence. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: detestation. abomination. abhorrence. execration. odium. hatred. disgust. aversion. horror. repugnance. repellency. repellence. hate. antipathy. revulsion. verb. Present participle of loathe. Wiktionary. Synonyms: despising. abhorring. detesting.

  8. noun. /ˈləʊðɪŋ/ [singular, uncountable] (formal) loathing (for/of somebody/something) a strong feeling of hating somebody/something. She looked at her attacker with fear and loathing. Many soldiers returned with a deep loathing of war. She felt an intense loathing for her boss. see also self-loathing. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.

  9. Loathing is a feeling of great dislike and disgust. [...] More. Synonyms of 'loathing' • hatred, hate, horror, disgust [...] More. Collocations with the word 'loathing' mutual loathing. Examples of 'loathing' in a sentence.

  10. loathing - hate coupled with disgust. abhorrence, detestation, execration, odium, abomination. disgust - strong feelings of dislike. hate, hatred - the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action.

  11. ( transitive) to feel strong hatred or disgust for. Etymology: Old English lāthiān, from loath.